Event Calendar

Join internationally renowned fashion photographer Nigel Barker as he takes you behind the lens discussing his career from America’s Next Top Model, photographing celebrity magazine covers to advertising campaigns.  The event will showcase his greatest work and include a masterclass and photo walk of downtown Chicago. Nigel will share decades of experience photographing the fashion …
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Sip on a glass of wine and enjoy a guided tour of our current exhibit, Pop Stars!. Learn all about contemporary art and the artists behind the work. Meet in Gallery 5 + 6 on the 2nd Floor. Tour starts at 5:00pm and is free and open to the public RSVP via Eventbrite here.

Performance by Irene HsiaoCostume by Vin Reed Oct. 7, 6:00pm RSVP here “Only the light that falls continually from the sky gives a tree the energy to push powerful roots into the earth. The tree is actually rooted in the sky.” — Simone Weil Blue Alice (by 21c's first artist in residence, Irene Hsiao) is a response to …
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Friday, October 14th - 6:30pm Wine reception to follow 7:30-8:30pm Free and open to the public RSVP Here 21c Museum Hotel Chicago is honored to collaborate with Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) on this month’s Curator Conversation. MoCP’s Photography Curator of Academic Programs & Collections, Kristin Taylor will be in conversation with artist Guanyu Xu 徐冠宇who currently has …
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Join 21c and Brendan Fernandes for an immersive museum program featuring an artist talk, performance, book signing, and dance party! The night will commence with a conversation between Fernandes, 21c Chicago Creative Ambassador, Nigel Barker. Immediately following will be a special performance of Révérence performed by Joffrey Academy Dancers alongside a book signing of Fernandes’ …
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The Chronicles of Fabulous Freddie Oct. 22, 7:00-9:00pm RSVP here Fabulous Freddie invites you to experience a new dance work that takes the audience into an autobiographical journey chronicling his life as a young Black Gay man coming into self-claimed greatness. Through his three superhero variant identities, Fabulous Freddie brings his lived experience to the stage for an unforgettable night of …
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Sip on a glass of wine and enjoy a guided tour of our current exhibit, Pop Stars!. Learn all about contemporary art and the artists behind the work. Meet in Gallery 5 + 6 on the 2nd Floor. Tour starts at 5:00pm and is free and open to the public RSVP via Eventbrite here.

Throughout the month of November, 21c Chicago will screen films by artists whose work is currently on view as part of and highlights a trope within 21c’s current exhibition, Pop Stars!. Friday, November 4th: The first feature film, Nowhere Boy, is a 2009 British biographical drama film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson in her directorial debut. Photographer …
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